drinking age

One of my e-mails this morning was from School Board Chairman Beverly Slough. She forwarded an e-mail she received from PACT Prevention Coalition of St. Johns County Coordinator Julia Kelly. Both women are concerned about an article and poll in Parade magazine related to a movement to lower the drinking age from 21 to 18 that is gaining momentum.

During the Vietnam War, many states lowered drinking the drinking age to 18 because the popular sentiment at the time was that if an 18-year-old was old enough to fight for his country, he should old enough to buy a beer.